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Colapinto Has Rivals Gasping at 'Cat-Like' Reflex in Near-Miss
- Franco Colapinto, an Argentine Formula One driver, narrowly avoided a major collision at the start of the Australian Grand Prix while starting 16th.
- Colapinto quickly reacted to avoid hitting Liam Lawson's Racing Bulls car, which had a slow getaway from eighth position, and squeezed between Lawson's car and a concrete wall.
- He possibly touched the wall but avoided serious damage and was able to continue the race.
- Former racer Anthony Davidson praised Colapinto's 'cat-like' reflexes, calling the escape extraordinary and expressing amazement.
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At the start of Australia's Grand Prix, the Argentinean avoided a collision with Liam Lawson that could have had serious consequences.
Motor racing-Colapinto has rivals gasping at 'cat-like' reflex in near-miss
MELBOURNE, March 8 (Reuters) - Argentine Formula One driver Franco Colapinto drew praise for his "cat-like" reaction in avoiding what could have been a serious collision at the start of Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
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The Straits TimesColapinto has rivals gasping at 'cat-like' reflex in near-miss
MELBOURNE, March 8 : Argentine Formula One driver Franco Colapinto drew praise for his "cat-like" reaction in avoiding what could have been a serious collision at the start of Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix.The Alpine racer, starting 16th, nearly piled into the back of Liam Lawson's unsighted R
The Argentine driver began the Formula 1 season in Melbourne, and his career aboard the Alpine was affected from the start.He almost clashed with Lawson and then paid a penalty for the commissioners.
Argentinian pilot Franco Colapinto avoided a collision in the wide range of the Australian Grand Prize of Formula 1, discussed on this Sunday (8), in Melbourne. The manabra occurred in the first meters of the opening test of the season. Colapinto extended from the 16th position and almost reached Liam Lawson's car, of the Racing Bulls. The New Zealandese was in eight place, but had difficulty starting the grid.
"We all had the same answer to the impressive reactions of the beginning!" Formula 1 this Sunday highlighted Franco Colapinto's agile maneuver that avoided a clash with Liam Lawson at the start of the Australian Grand Prix, and that travels the world reaping praise for the Argentine rider. Although he ended 14° after a sanction for an Alpine mistake, the Plarense was the protagonist of a "magic" volantazo that aroused praise everywhere, and even…
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